Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-05-06

the lead.
w. j. Taft, of Riverdale, made us
call Wednesday.
The st. Louis fire department is un-
able to find chief.
b. W. Sperry, of the Wright House,
was in Saginaw, Wednesday.
1t is rumored that Alma is to have
another millinery store soon.
The best line of mems fine shoes in
Alma. will be found at +. l.. Starks.
The log drive on Pine River will
amount to about 25,000,000 feet this
spring.
s 4. Ford and family leave tonight
for Saratoga, where they will make
their home.
Conductor Lee. well known OH the
branch. now has the run between
Ionia and Big Rapids.
Mrs. c. +. Brown was called to
sheridan Wednesday, i'll answer to a
message of her mothers sickness.
Men were in town Wednesday put
ting up paper for the great Forepaugh
show which will be in st. Louis June
sth.
The report that \. w. Wright is
dangerously i'll in Saginaw is All error.
He has been sick. but not dangerous,
and is now on the gain.
The students, at the Normal got
frightened nearly ont Of the building
! Wednesday too much steam caused
the steam to blow off. making fearful
racket.
one of the St. Louis papers says
! Alma has quite a number of empty
houses The editor must have been in
that condition when people occasional
ly see double
j. F. Graham is doing good bust
ness in the musical line and received
another fine lot of organs the first Of
/ the week. Last week he sold three
organs and a piano.
\ meeting of the board of directors
of the Alma College will be held in the
! Wright House parlor Friday afternoon
for the purpose of arranging courses
OF studies, and other impor tant busi-
ness.
Elihu Smith. OF Ithaca, attempted
suicide last week Thursday by cutting
his throat He did not succeed, and
may possibly recover. He is % years
old and owing to long sickness his mind
is partly unbalanced.
Marshal Kline arrested J. W.
Thompson. Of Alma, Sunday morning
Drunk and disorderly conduct was the
charge. lie was arragned before JUS
tice Woodin Monday morning and al
lowed to 90 on suspended sentence
St. Louis Le0der.
Morten Ryan, the little breakman
on the branch of the ID. l.. & n. so
long. and who is now in East Saginaw,
/ invests every month in the Louisiana
lottery. often receiving some trifling
amount, but last week he was reward
ed 10y a $500 prize.
smith. of the st. Louis Republican,
shows his ignorance again by saying
Chesaning would like to get the Alma
normal school when it is frozen out by
the college next September, when
everyone knows that the Normal is
to be merged into the College.
y demand for the repeal Of the inter
state commerce bill is already heard
family echoing. and it need not sur
prise anybody if it breaks into pro-
longed and hideous howl. The trainers
of that law knew it was good
law just as the old lady knew her indi-
90 was good indigo. 1t was good when
it would sink or swim; she didn't know
just which. There seems to be little
more of the sinking than swimming
quality in the Interstate law. Detroit
Tribune.
The st. Johns Republican thinks that
the defeat of the salary amendment at
the late election was due to the fact
that the increase was too great, and is
of the opinion that if the governor s
salary had been placed at So 900, and
that of the other state officers not high
er than $4,000. the amendment would
have been adopted. 1t says, Nearly
every farmer in this section, with
whom we have conversed, thinks the
salary should be higher, but thinks the
amendment provided for an unreason-
able inc. ease"
Bro. Smiths account of his efforts ia
reach his stricken home, upon receiving
the news of his wife's death, is very
touching. At Atlanta he received the
news of her illness and started north
at l:i0. Just before reachin Cincinn.
atI Sunday morning he learned of heI